Freddie Robinson Jr. Poet Verse

Emphasis On the Extra G

When the river Niger
swiftly flowed into America,
business as usual
was auction conducted — 
thru a Diablo Middle passage 

Chain pain deals
being Faustian sealed,
on a Mississippi River Styx ferry steamboat

Dark body cargo,
ebony souls from the delta river Niger,
saw their muddy hopes
sinking ... 
when they were laded 
upon the Euro long ships like cattle

This Grand money-making scheme
was a Pharaoh’s dream:
Canyon coffers was bottomless widening,
as far as the naked eye could see

The leather-voiced whips
backside spoke to the river Niger sullen eyes
with cruel impunity — 
Flicking bifurcated emphasis on the extra G

River Niger bosom willow woes
wept for godly intervention,
on behalf of their iron-ore idol interest

Having hateful others 
place Gentile emphasis on the extra G
River Niger stolen children
were given
a scarlet letter derogatory word legacy

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Ronald A. Williams October 17, 2018 at 10:46 AM A very explosive expiatory write.

M. L. Kiser October 14, 2018 at 1:59 PM "Chain pain deals being Faustian sealed, on a Mississippi River Styx ferry steamboat"; "River Niger stolen children were given a scarlet letter derogatory word legacy"; yet another great ending with some powerful impact. Man's inhumanity to Man...the ancestral echoes of many people are penned into this work.

Chris Green October 11, 2018 at 3:38 PM Deeply sad and painful write Freddie. You have captured a slice of history that should have never happened. Your poem though is so eloquently written, it has deep and dark feel but a sublime smoothness to it. Nicely done